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Episode: Puerto Ricoβs public schools clamor for air conditioning to get relief from record-breaking heat
Description: Students and teachers are sweltering in public schools across Puerto Rico that lack air conditioning and are demanding government action as the U.S. Caribbean territory struggles to respond to climate change effects while it bakes under record heat this year.
Two months ago was the hottest August on the island since record-keeping began. Puerto Rico broke the record of the daily maximum temperature six times and the highest minimum eight times, according to the National Weather Service in San Juan.
Public schools with no air conditioning or whose cooling systems are inoperable due to power outages blamed on a...